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Track: I'd Rather Pretend
Artist: Bryant Barnes
Album: VANITY

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Bryant Barnes’ tenderhearted, low-key R&B plumbs the singer’s emotional depths. Born in Cypress, TX, Barnes started studying classical piano around the age of six and took up cello in middle school, eventually shifting his focus fully to music after a torn ACL put an end to his basketball dreams. In the early 2020s, Barnes started posting videos of himself playing songs by his favorite artists—XXXTENTACION, Joji, and Mac Miller—and the score from 2014’s Interstellar on public airport pianos. Mercury Records took notice and signed him in 2023, releasing his debut single, the unrequited love song “Adore You,” that same year. Barnes’ songs blend romance and melancholy, as on his sorrowful second single “Losing You” (2023) and “Don’t Want A Love Song” (2024), both of which place him securely in a similar realm to contemporaries like Daniel Caesar, spotlighting the gentle soul in his vocal style and a willingness to confront heavy themes.

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Release: Bryant Barnes - VANITY
Year: 2024
Genres: Pop
Styles: Alt-Pop

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LYRICS

Love
Guess you found a way to get through
Got so used to feeling nothing at all
For so long (long)
Now all I want to do is love you
But my head is holding up my heart, my heart

And I've seen all the signs
What if they're all lies?
Will it even matter what you say?
Can you make these feelings go away?

Tell me is this real to you?
Cause I can feel my heart again
You're so tempting but I'm scared so I'd rather pretend
That I don't love you like I do
Cause I don't wanna hurt again
I wanna love you but I'm scared so I'd rather pretend
I'd rather pretend
I'd rather pretend, oh oh oh

But if I'm out of lies
Hoping you'll come back to me when you're gone
There's so many ways I've seen this going wrong
So many ways I've seen this fall apart

Cause I've seen all the signs
What if they're all lies?
Will it even matter what you say?
Can you make these feelings go away?

Tell me is this real to you?
Cause I can feel my heart again
You're so tempting, but I'm scared so I'd rather pretend
That I don't love you like I do
Cause I don't wanna hurt again
I wanna love you but I'm scared so I'd rather pretend
(Pretend, pretend)